Sylwia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sylwia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sylwia: Recorded since 1968, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #150 in 1977, and it was last ranked in 2019.

3registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#150highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Sylwia's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#4294
2008	#2487
2009	#5556
2012	#5876
2017	#5765
2019	#5591

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1968 to 1996.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1968–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #476 among girls in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1968–1996
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Norway, in 1977 (recorded 1968–1996).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Sylwia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 628 births with the name.

Sylwia across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sylwia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#476 (1968)	#150 (1977)	#549 (1996)	29 of 29	628 (1968–1996)	40 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#4294 (2007)	#2487 (2008)	#5591 (2019)	6 of 13	25 (2007–2019)	9 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#747 (2013)	#747 (2013)	#876 (2014)	2 of 2	7 (2013–2014)	4 (2013)

Sylwia by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sylwia in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	13	2 of 10	7
1970s	204	10 of 10	20
1980sbusiest	295	10 of 10	30
1990s	116	7 of 10	17

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sylwia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1968 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #150 in Norway in 1977.

Sylwia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#549	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#654	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#310	14	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#295	16	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#231	23	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#279	18	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#181	35	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#211	28	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#213	29	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#182	36	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#213	26	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#180	33	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#194	28	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#175	32	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#205	26	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#192	29	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#196	28	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#201	26	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#186	29	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#150	40	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#218	22	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#219	22	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#274	17	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#218	22	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#376	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#425	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#421	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#428	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1968 and 2019, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #150, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in Norway in 1977.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sylvie · #211, 30y
Sylwester · #252, 36y
Synne · #30, 61y
Synnøve · #43, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andrius · #149, 36y
Moya · #153, 42y
Neill · #154, 35y
Melina · #156, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Daphne · #150, 49y
Finola · #149, 49y
Krister · #148, 46y
Marielle · #152, 55y

Sylwia was ranked #150 in Norway · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sylwia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sylwia without appearing here.

Sylwia moved ahead of

Teresa Compare
In 1972 they stood at #376 and #338 in Norway · Girls; by 1973 that had become #218 and #302.
Margaret Compare
In 1972 they stood at #376 and #329 in Norway · Girls; by 1973 that had become #218 and #295.
Belinda Compare
In 1995 they stood at #654 and #617 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #549 and #625.
Barbara Compare
In 1995 they stood at #654 and #615 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #549 and #623.

Moved ahead of Sylwia

Maia Compare
In 1994 they stood at #310 and #365 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #654 and #259.
Pauline Compare
In 1994 they stood at #310 and #343 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #654 and #282.
Tara Compare
In 1994 they stood at #310 and #602 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #654 and #286.
Paula Compare
In 1994 they stood at #310 and #330 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #654 and #295.

Moved the opposite way to Sylwia

Oda Compare
Between 1972 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Sylwia went from #376 to #549 while Oda went from #619 to #30.
Pauline Compare
Between 1972 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Sylwia went from #376 to #549 while Pauline went from #566 to #262.
Janet Compare
Between 1968 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Sylwia went from #476 to #279 while Janet went from #284 to #652.
Tara Compare
Between 1973 and 1996 in Norway · Girls, Sylwia went from #218 to #549 while Tara went from #613 to #366.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1968 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #150 in Norway in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sylwia

Sylwia at a glance

What stands out in Sylwia's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sylwia across 3 official records

Sylwia by decade in Norway · Girls

Sylwia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sylwia

Sylwia and the names beside it

Sylwia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sylwia

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Sylwia at a glance

What stands out in Sylwia's record

Sylwia across 3 official records

Sylwia by decade in Norway · Girls

Sylwia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sylwia

Sylwia and the names beside it

Sylwia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sylwia

Moved the opposite way to Sylwia